My Cards and Tags: Rain Cards Using the Sketched Blooms Stamp Set by My Favorite Things

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge theme is, "April Showers Bring May Flowers."  I couldn't pass up the chance to use the Sketched Blooms stamp set by My Favorite Things.  I made a set of "rain cards":

I started with some alpha cards by Prima, which I stamped with the flowers from Sketched Blooms (I also made some circle-swirl flowers using another stamp set by MFT called Whimsical Wishes).  I watercolored the images, then sponged on Distress Ink when it dried.  I splattered some water drops, then soaked the water back up with a paper towel.  I stamped on some colored splatters using MFT's Distressed Patterns stamp set and finished it off with some great old-school text in the background from Simon Says Stamps' One With Nature stamp set.

I made some tabs at the top of each card with patterned paper and lined the cards up to spell RAIN.

This theme has a special place in my heart because my parents used to sing an April showers song to me and my brother when we were little and it was raining outside.  It made me smile to have that memory brought to mind again.  

Here are the supplies I used that are available from Simon Says Stamp:

My Favorite Things Sketched Blooms Stamp Set	My Favorite Things, Whimsical Wishes Stamp Set	Simon Says Stamp One With Nature Clear Stamps	My Favorite Things Distressed Patterns Stamp Set	Prima Alpha Card Set	Bo Bunny Believe 12 x 12 Paper	Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid 6x6 Paper
File Tab Punch-We R Memory Keepers	Loew Cornell WATERCOLOR CAKES 24 Paints	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Mixed Media Sponges Bars	Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET	Ripe Persimmon - Distress Ink
Mustard Seed - Distress Ink	Festive Berries - Distress Ink	Shaded Lilac - Distress Ink	Salty Ocean - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger	Squeezed Lemonade - Distress Ink
Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

Can't wait to see how you interpret our theme!  Be sure to upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 gift voucher!